Chandigarh, July 27 -- The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has successfully performed a complex cardiac cryoablation procedure on a 79-year-old patient suffering from atrial fibrillation. This advanced treatment marks a significant step forward for cardiac care in the region.

Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm disorder characterised by an irregular heartbeat, often leading to breathing difficulties. The case at PGIMER was particularly challenging, as the patient not only had a rhythm disorder in the upper chamber of his heart but also a genetically thick lower chamber (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), resulting in repeated hospitalisations for heart failure. The patient had previously undergone pacemake...